" People have all sorts of reasons for saving things. Sometimes it’s because of the potential for future usefulness, or perhaps you don’t want to be wasteful. Sometimes people are emotionally attached to an object and will feel responsible for it.” All these reasons for saving—including that sense of “I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to the object” or “If I’m going to get rid of it, I want to know that it’s going to a good home”—are actually normal ways to feel about objects, she says. But how strongly you feel this way can make the difference between hoarding disorder and customary reasons for saving. It can also make the difference between a neat, streamlined home and a place that’s chaotic and full of clutter. "

― Peter Walsh , Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down